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Recipes : Diwali Special

Posted by kiran 1653 days ago (Editorial)
Category: General | Tags: diwali recipes chakli karanji

~*~*~*~* CHAKLI ~*~*~*~*

Ingredients:

2 cups rice flour
1/2 cup Mung Dal paste
2 tsp oil
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) or cumin seeds
1 red chili powder (optional)
Salt To Taste
oil for frying water as required

Preparation:

Cook the mungdal to a paste like consistency .
In a big bowl add rice flour, mungdal paste, turmeric, salt, chili powder, carom seeds or cumin seeds.
Mix lightly. Heat oil and add the sizzling hot oil to the rice flour mix.
Add water as needed to make a stiff dough. Knead thoroughly with hand not food processor.
Take a lemon size dough and place it in a chakli mould or icing bag with star nozzle. Heat oil for frying.
Test the oil by dropping a small piece of dough and wait for 3 seconds if it does not rise to the top then oil needs to be heated.
Gently make a spiral with the chakli mould or icing bag and deep fry to a golden brown.
Cool moong dal chakli completely before storing in an airtight container.

~*~*~*~* Sohan Papdi ~*~*~*~*

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup Gram Glour,1 1/4 cup Maida,250 gms Ghee
2 1/2 cups Sugar,1 1/2 cup Water,2 tbsp Milk
1/2 tsp Cardamom seeds crushed coarsely
4" squares cut from a thin polythene sheet

Preparation:
Sift both flours together.
Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan. Add flour mixture and roast on low till light golden. Keep aside to cool a little, stirring occasionally.
Prepare syrup simultaneously. Make syrup out of sugar, water and milk. Bring syrup to 2 1/2 thread consistency.
Pour at once into the flour mixture. Beat well with a large fork till the mixture forms threadlike flakes.
Pour onto a greased surface or thali and roll to 1" thickness lightly. Sprinkle the elaichi and gently press down with palm.
Cool, cut into 1" squares, wrap individually into square pieces of thin plastic sheet. Store in an airtight container.

~*~*~*~* Karanji ~*~*~*~*

Ingredients
For Filling:1 cup grated Dry Coconut,1 cup Powdered Sugar
1 pinch Nutmeg Powder,1 pinch dry Ginger Powder
4 Elaichi,2 tsp Maida,2 tsp Poppy Seeds
2 tbsp Mixed Dry fruit pieces

For Dough:
1 cup maida,1 tsp Ghee,Salt to taste,Warm milk to prepare dough

Preparation :
1. Roast Dry coconut. 2. Roast maida in ghee.
3. Roast poppy seeds. 4. Mix all the above ingredients & grind them.

For Dough:
Mix all the dough ingredients & prepare dough (a little hard).

For Karanji:
. Make small oval shaped puris from dough.Fill the prepared stuffing inside. Apply some water or milk so that it will seal properly (don't apply too much of water as it will not seal properly). Deep fry it till it becomes brownish colour. Serve it hot or cold.Karanjis can be stored for weeks.

Thanks to Pournima Surve for her contribution .. and also post your recipes for diwali here.

Wish all kattekari's a very Happy Diwali.